CAIR-TX: Vandalism Suspected as Hate Crime
CAIR-TX: VANDALISM SUSPECTED AS HATE CRIME San Antonio police are investigating vandalism to a local Muslim family’s vehicles as a hate crime, while the FBI also plans to look into the matter. During a news conference at their Northwest Side home Tuesday, Said and Amel Motawea said they were alerted by a neighbor on Friday […]
MA: Muslims Claim Discrimination by FedEx
MA: 4 ARAB-AMERICANS CLAIM DISCRIMINATION IN SUIT AGAINST FEDEX Four Arab-American men claim in a lawsuit filed against FedEx Corp. that their supervisors subjected them to religious and ethnic slurs, called them terrorists and gave them less lucrative delivery routes. “They all came to this country because they wanted a better life for their families, […]
CAIR: ‘Rageboy’ Image Promotes Anti-Muslim Hate
CAIR: IS RAGEBOY THE UNACCEPTABLE FACE OF SATIRE? Rageboy is causing something of a stir on the internet at the moment. It is an image of the face of an angry Moslem protestor and it has been used by rightwingers in the United States to mock Islamic fundamentalists. The face appears on teeshirts and mugs. […]
TX: Muslim Charities Watch HLF Trial Warily
TX: AS MUSLIM GROUP GOES ON TRIAL, OTHER CHARITIES WATCH WARILY The strained argument between the United States government and nonprofit groups over how to deal with charities suspected of supporting terrorism is expected to play out in federal court here with the trial of the largest Muslim charity in this country, the Holy Land […]
OR: Customs Officials Split Up Muslim Family
OR: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SPLIT UP FAMILY, SEND FATHER HOME When the Laaredj-Campbell family flew into Portland last month, they thought they had begun an idyllic summer holiday, coming from their home in Germany to visit relatives in Eugene. But that was before U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials separated Abdel Kader Laaredj from his wife […]
MN: ‘Little Mosque’ Sitcom Delights Muslims
MN: ‘LITTLE MOSQUE ON PRAIRIE’ PUTS MUSLIMS IN A SITCOM Kashif Saroya cringed when his e-mail inbox started buzzing about a new Canadian TV sitcom called “Little Mosque on the Prairie.” So the executive adviser to the Muslim Youth of Minnesota started downloading 10-minute snippets off YouTube. “I just couldn’t stop laughing,” said Saroya, of […]
DC: US Muslims Encouraged to Seek Public-Service Careers
DC: YOUNG AMERICAN MUSLIMS ENCOURAGED TO SEEK PUBLIC-SERVICE CAREERS Young American Muslims should make their voices heard in American mainstream society and consider careers in public service, U.S. government officials say. Officials at the U.S. Department of State met July 12 with 27 highly accomplished individuals aged 20 to 25 from across the United States. […]
NC: Muslim Army Major Dies in Attack
NC: MUSLIM ARMY MAJOR DIES IN ATTACK Her mother warned her: A soldier’s business is war. There is no safety. There are no guarantees. But the Iraqi daughter loved the American officer. And so, in 2005 – two years after they met in Iraq – she left her country to move to his and become […]
MA: Arab-Americans Accuse FedEx of Bias
MA: ARAB-AMERICAN DRIVERS ACCUSE FEDEX BOSSES OF DISCRIMINATION Four Arab-American drivers who said they were harassed by their supervisors at a FedEx Corp. facility in Wilmington have filed a lawsuit alleging they were subjected to a steady flow of vitriol and discrimination. In a lawsuit the plaintiffs’ lawyer said was served on FedEx yesterday, the […]
CAIR: How Muslim Doctors Save Lives
CAIR: HOW MUSLIM DOCTORS SAVE LIVES [Asma Mobin-Uddin is a pediatrician from Columbus, Ohio, and the board chairwoman for the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Her parents came to Jacksonville from Pakistan to continue their training in their physician specialties. She was born in Miami, but moved to Ohio while still a […]